Toilet article



M. L. GROSSMAN.

TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29. 1918.

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INVENTOR /%AA/ A, /yaswmw ATTORNEY MOLLIE L. GROSSMAN, OF NEW"YORK,.N;Y;

TOILET ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 10, .1920;

Application filed August 29, 1918. Serial No. 251,983.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoLLIn L. GnossMAN, a citizen ofthe United States,and a resident/ of New York city, in the county of New York andStateof'New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ToiletArticles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains more particularly to a novel handkerchief and tothe combination therewith of a specially held and concealed powder-puff.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a combined handkerchief andpowderpufi, with powder thereon, so constructed and arranged that thepowder-puff is concealed within the handkerchief, but may neverthelessbe used for the purpose of applying powder to ones face without the factbeing observed by others. The handkerchief is of the usual fine fabricthrough the interstices of which the powder may pass on the applicationof the handkerchief to the face, and this handkerchief has a definitelylocated draw string defining an outline and adapted on being drawntogether to form a pocket around a small powder puff placed within saidoutline, whereby the powder puff becomes concealed, but may neverthelesswithout loosening the draw-string or other fastening, be employed forapplying powder to ones face, the powder passing through the intersticesof the material of the handkerchief. By loosening the draw stringthepowder-puff may be removed and fresh powder applied thereon and thenplaced back into the handkerchief or, if it should be so desired, thehandkerchief may after the removal of the powderpuff, be laundried.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which:

Figure l is a top View of a handkerchief embodying my invention, thepowder-puff being shown as placed within the outline defined by thedraw-string and its pocket, this being the preliminary position given tothe puff prior to the same being inclosed within the handkerchief;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale and partly broken away,through the same, taken on the dotted line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top view of the handkerchief after the ends of thedraw-string havebeen: pulled to close the handkerchief aroundthepowder-puff, and

Fig. 1' is an enlarged sectional View through a portion of the same,taken on the dotted line 4:i' of Fig; 3.

In the drawings, 10 designates the handkerchief, and 11' thepowder-puff, which is a well-known commercial article and usually formedof wool andhaving a piece of ribbon 12 at the upper side thereofforconvenience in dipping the pufi into or against toilet powder.

The handkerchief 10 is of the usual fine texture employed in themanufacture of ladies handkerchiefs, and upon the face of thishandkerchief I sew, a tape" or'binding. 13, preferably arranged incircular outline and sewed at its opposite edges directly tothehandkerchief, whereby a pocket, open at both ends, is created to receivethe draw string or plece ofribbon 14:. The tape or binding 13 lies flatupon the surface of' the handkerchief and therefore in' itself doescentra ly within the outline of the tape or binding 13 and draw-string14, as shown in Fig. 1, and then the two ends of the drawstring arepulled to close the material of the handkerchief about the tape orbinding 13- over upon the puff 11, thereby inclosing the puff in apocket made of the material of the handkerchief itself, this being oneof the important features of my invention. After the ends of thedraw-string 14: have been pulled to close the material of thehandkerchief about the puff 11 the ends of said string may be tiedtogether, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby securely confining the puff 11 incorrect position. Any straining caused by pulling on the draw-string 14:is taken mainly by the tape or binding 13 and thus injury to the finefabric of the handkerchief is avoided.

After the puff has been secured in place I within the pocket 15 formedby the handkerchief, the handkerchief may be used for its ordinarypurposes as well as for applying powder to the face, the closed end ofthe said pocket being applied on the face and the material of thehandkerchief being such that the powder may pass through the intersticesthereof.

When it is desired to remove the powderpuff 11 from the handkerchief,the ends of the draw-string 14 may be untied and the outline defined bythe tape or binding 13 opened outwardly from the position shown in Figs.3 and 4 to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thereby releasing the pufl andleaving the handkerchief smooth and fiat.

The invention imparts to the handkerchief the very great convenience ofbeing able to inclose a powder-puff and permit the use of the samewithout attracting attention; and it is to be noted that thehandkerchief keeps the powder-pun sanitary, as the puff never touchesthe face. It is well known that the perspiration and dust on a ersonsface would soon soil a owderuff necessitating frequent changes, which,with the use of my invention, are avoided. I employ the expressionpowder-puff herein in a generic sense, meaning thereby any suitableholder for toilet-powder which may be inclosed in the handkerchief andpermit the powder to pass through the interstices of the same to theface.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a handkerchief of textile materialof fine mesh through which toilet powder may be caused to pass, the samehaving a binding strip sewed thereto circumscribing a definite outlineand affording a pocket for a draw-string and having also a draw-stringextended through said pocket, and the material of the handkerchiefwithin said outline being adapted to receive a powder-puff, with powderthereon and with the powder-carrying face of the puff against the bodyof-the handkerchief, and to be folded about the same by the drawing ofsaid string.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a handkerchief of textile materialof fine mesh through which toilet powder may pass provided with a powderpufi, a pocket for the same and means for securing said pocket in closedcondition to confine the pufi, said pocket concealing both faces of thepuff, whereby the powder-carrying face of the puff may be concealedagainst and used through the material of the handkerchief.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 27th day of August, A. D. 1918.

MOLLIE L. GROSSMAN.

Witnesses: p

R. S. BURNS,

G. H. TROMBLY.

